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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 297

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1135 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A



* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 1135 PM

  UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...

  SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2

    INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE

  SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65

STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF

SALINA KANSAS TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A

COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE

UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



&&



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 294...WW 296...



DISCUSSION...WELL-DEVELOPED SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS

CENTRAL/SRN KS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A RISK FOR

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH THE MORE INTENSE EMBEDDED CELLS

AND BOWING SEGMENTS.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 55

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 27035.





...THOMPSON

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